Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 111 Set sail
Sure enough, Sun Xiangfu did not disappoint Li Shimin, and he cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, think about it, wearing and using the items you rewarded must be an honor for the ministers! But when the ministers find out that this kind of glory can also be spent money When you can buy it...

Hehe, I feel that the prices of supreme fur goods and royal family furniture can increase several times in the past. "

Hearing this, the eldest grandson Wuyou, who never liked to interrupt Li Shimin's words, couldn't hold back any longer. He gave a timid smile, covered his mouth and looked at Sun Xiangfu and said, "You boy, you are too cunning. It’s a pit, I’m afraid it’s still worth it.”

"Uh, let's do business! Pay attention to what you want, and what's more, when your majesty and empress are free, you should wear more supreme leather products to show people. This is very helpful to improve the brand's grade."

"I see that your head is spent on this crooked way. If you have nothing to do, go down first! Remember to complete the errands I entrusted to you, and the decrees and rewards will be delivered to your house later, and you must do it as soon as possible."

Li Shimin gave Sun Xiangfu a blank look with a complicated expression, and let him go down. After Sun Xiangfu came out of the main hall, he said to his eldest grandson Wuyou, "The two shops opened by the Forestry Department and the Animal Husbandry Department have already opened. How about it?"

The eldest grandson replied with a satisfied smile, "The daily profits of the two shops are as high as a thousand."

"A daily profit of thousands of dollars?"

Even Li Shimin, who knew that these two shops might make a lot of money, was shocked when he heard the news. The daily profit is thousands of guan, 10,000 guan a month, three 80+ guan in a year, two shops, [-] million guan in a year, fast Thirty percent have Datang taxes.

"Guanyin maidservant, if things go on like this, will we make all the money in the world?" Li Shimin asked a little confused after several rounds of calculations.

"No, haven't all the money earned by the harem recently been spent? Those who earned our money will be taken away by others. Unless someone only earns and doesn't spend it, otherwise, everyone will suffer from this process. benefit from it." Empress Changsun shook her head and said.

"Uh, where did you hear this theory?"

"Who else can there be, Sun Zhengming! He gave a memorial to his concubines before. In addition to these, he also mentioned commercial taxes. He said that the Tang Dynasty should not only collect taxes from the poorest farmers, but should focus on making money. It is easy to collect taxes from merchants, at least open more discussion areas, standardize the scope of transactions, and allow neighboring countries to have a stable trading market with Datang. However, this matter involves government affairs. If your Majesty does not ask, the concubines will not mention it. "

It is the duty of the harem not to interfere in politics, so even if Changsun Wuyou thought that what Sun Xiangfu said was reasonable, he would not advise Li Shimin.

The real commercial tax law of the Tang Dynasty was only implemented during the Tang Dezong period. Before that, only customs and market taxes were not strictly enforced. , This basically only collects taxes on international bulk trade, because the internal goods of Datang, if they are not necessary, basically will not pass the customs, and no one will go to the market to trade foolishly.

In fact, Sun Xiangfu just mentioned it casually to Changsun Wuyou. Before the Turks were wiped out, and the commercial roads with the Western Regions were not all opened up, the business of the Tang Dynasty was not very developed. It is not an easy task to come up. The first factor is that the big merchants have family backgrounds. If you want to collect money from them, they will collectively object and make trouble for you in the court.

The second major factor is the need for a lot of manpower to pay taxes. Datang now has less than half of the people who can read and write. How can we find so many people who can write and count to help the court collect taxes? Moreover, the people who support these people How much does it cost?How much does it cost to collect taxes?Some small taxes, tens of pennies, and dozens of pennies for each record, the money collected may be enough to buy a pen, ink and paper, so it is very unrealistic.

The point of Sun Xiangfu's memorial is actually to want Li Shimin to build more international markets where commercial taxes can be collected, and let the court guide the transaction of some goods. As far as he knows, Datang has not established a stable relationship with any neighboring countries so far. In fact, this is very unfavorable to Datang, whose production capacity is expanding day by day.

Especially in the next one or two years, Sun Xiangfu may take Datang's agriculture a big step forward. The 2000 million people in Datang alone cannot consume the output of Datang. Therefore, it is necessary to plan ahead. One way is to build some output terminals for these agricultural products, just like Sun Xiangfu built Wangjiang Tower.

Without Wangjiang Tower, Xingfu Village would not be able to develop such a large industry. The products cannot be sold in large quantities at high prices. Those who produce these things can at most eat their own food. Once they are sold, the whole It has been revitalized, and Xingfu Village can use the money it gets to purchase and develop many things it needs to make itself better developed.

If there is no accident, in the next two or three years, the price of grain in Datang will drop to a terrible level. Sun Xiangfu is more concerned about the history of crops. Doumi is only three or four dollars, what's the point?A bucket of rice is about twelve catties, which means that one penny can buy three or four catties of grain. At the current grain price, a bucket of rice costs about sixty or seventy yuan, which means that it will drop twenty times.

However, such a low food price, apart from allowing the common people to have enough to eat, did not allow the country to accumulate much capital, because most people in this period did not know how to exchange food for other things. During this period, the Tang Dynasty used grain to exchange food for the hungry population on the grassland. Then, without launching a war, most small tribes on the grassland would cease to exist.

It is precisely because the Zhenguan Dynasty no longer lacked food after two or three years of hard times, so many people rebelled when they were full. Maybe after being invincible in the world, those people at the top of Datang are too lonely!
However, all of this is destined to be impossible to follow the original track of history, because the variable Sun Xiangfu has appeared. This year, he has successfully reduced hundreds of thousands of mu of grain-growing fields in Guanzhong. In the future, it may be hundreds of thousands of acres. [-] mu, or even more, when everyone does not focus on growing food, the world will be richer and more diverse.

After returning home, Sun Xiangfu began to make practical preparations for going south, the first being the number of guards.

There are only 20 Ouchi guards that Sun Xiangfu can mobilize. They want to stay in Chang'an to protect Yu Xiuer, so Sun Xiangfu mobilized 50 guards from Xingfu Village, with Zhao Long as the leader and Xi Junmai as the personal guard. In addition to the [-] sailors and boatmen borrowed by Zhang Gongjin, as well as a dozen boatmen and craftsmen from Xingfu Village, the steamship named Happiness by Sun Xiangfu is basically full.

Then there are the items to be carried. There must be some food, vegetables and fruits for personal use. After that, there are [-] pieces of leather goods from the Supreme Leather Goods. In fact, there are only [-] boxes in a package, which does not even take up half of the second-floor cabin. .

In addition, Li Shimin asked Sun Xiangfu to bring hundreds of Quyuanli to Lingnan. After they were all folded in the cabin, they were filled with thousands of pieces of silk cloth, ten boxes of gold, silver and bronze wares, and three sets of furniture. The installation is almost the same, as for the treadmill keel without a frame, a few long strips are placed on the deck. This thing, the carpenter went to Lingnan and taught them that it is not difficult to make. The emperor rewarded it, that is the meaning .

The Happiness full of cargo was very stable on the water, and the weak waves of Qujiang Pond could not even make it shake a lot, until Xuanzang with a little novice and Li Chunfeng with a Taoist also squeezed in. After boarding the ship, the Happiness can officially set sail.

On the pier, Yu Xiu'er sent Sun Xiangfu to the boat all the way.

"Husband, take care of yourself all the way, go and come back quickly."

"Well, don't be idle at home, teach your younger brothers and sisters to read, and arrange the next play. In addition, the ice-making method I taught you last night can be given to Dali and them. When the melons and fruits in the field are harvested, let them Dig some deeper cellars and store the melons and fruits."

"Understood my husband, when you come back, I will take care of you and return you a happy village that has made a lot of money." The entanglement on the eve of the departure is not enough for outsiders. Sun Xiangfu mentioned what happened last night, but Yu Xiu'er She couldn't hold back on her face, she said coquettishly.

"Okay, everyone go back! I'll be back soon."

Not only Yu Xiu'er was seen off, but also many villagers from Xingfu Village. Brothers Sun Dali and Shi Bao were all there, and Sun Xiangfu gave them reassuring eyes one by one. Surprisingly, when Sun Xiangfu came back, the situation was already very good.

Raise the sails and set sail.

The sailors in charge of manipulating the ship didn't even dare to raise all five sails. In that case, the speed would be too fast. Who would say that it's spring and the wind is smooth!

When the Happiness was far away from the sight of everyone on the pier, Sun Xiangfu quickly cut off Lichou, and said to Zhao Long beside him, "Let the guards put on their armor and put on their equipment!"

"Order!"

Zhao Long bowed his hands and saluted. Soon, fifty guards led by him went to the cabin on the bottom floor. In less than a quarter of an hour, when they came out again, their whole bodies were covered with shiny armor and standard weapons. The fine iron plain knife was already hanging on their waists. At this time, each of them was holding a hard crossbow, and each of them had two crossbows. Each crossbow had a box of arrows installed on it.

That's right, Sun Xiangfu is still afraid of death as always, so his craftsman R&D team has never stopped developing weapons and protective gear. With a lot of money invested, the Zhuge Liannu, which was widely used in the military during the Three Kingdoms period, was After making it, and after strengthening the toughness of the raw materials and the pulley device, the crossbow is even stronger. With the special refined iron arrow, it can penetrate armor within [-] steps, and penetrate people within [-] steps. Hundred steps can still kill.

As for the armor that covers the whole body and wears a visor, the cost of each pair is not less than a hundred. It is composed of chain armor and plate armor. Although it is relatively heavy, it has little effect on actions. The fish-scale armor and Ming Guangkai worn by senior generals of the Tang Dynasty are even stronger in defense.

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